Disposal

Regulated Garbage Disposal Service:
Here’s how it works

• Purchase specially-marked ‘wet garbage’ bags at the marina office and retain your receipts. All handling, processing and disposal fees are included in the price of the bag. Separate out any dry trash items (paper goods, etc., that may be placed in standard heavy-duty trash bags and deposited into the marina’s dumpsters) and place only ‘regulated garbage’ items in the bag, taking care not to overfill, then close properly.

Remember that any garbage commingled with ‘regulated garbage’ is also considered regulated garbage, so plan your onboard storage accordingly.

•   Contact the marina office to schedule bag pickup. Retain the bag aboard — down below, or well inside any deck railings — until marina personnel remove it in a specially-marked leak-proof bin. Under no circumstances may the bag be placed on the dock, deposited into a marina dumpster, or any other location on St. Thomas.

•   Make a notation in your vessel’s port log book of the bag’s removal and file your receipts for disposal services received from the marina office.

•   Trained marina personnel supervise the bag’s removal to an enclosed disposal facility within the Crown Bay Marina property with an incinerator that is certified to burn regulated garbage to ash.

Garbage Disposal Log Book
Crown Bay Marina’s strict adherence to the conditions of its USDA/APHIS/PPQ Compliance Agreement (that authorizes the marina to engage in the business of handling and disposing of regulated garbage) requires that the marina maintain APHIS-accessible records tracking each bag — from its point-of-purchase at the marina office, to its pickup aboard your vessel by marina personnel, and transport to the disposal facility for disposal via incineration.

Information detailed in our marina log book includes:

•   Name of vessel
•   Date bag purchased
•   Bag number
•   Date bag removed from vessel by marina personnel for incineration